Bias-motivated incidents in the United Kingdom

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October 2026

• Party leader called 'Nigerian scammer' in social media posts

  A former adviser to Nigel Farage posted a series of social media messages calling the Conservative Party leader a 'Nigerian scammer' and highlighting her Nigerian background.

  Oct 24Racism7 sources

• Reform UK motion in Senedd calls burqa 'anti-British'

  Reform UK's deputy leader in Wales put forward a motion in the Welsh parliament in Cardiff calling the burqa 'anti-British' and an 'alien culture', targeting Muslim women who wear face coverings.

  Oct 21 · CardiffReligious Discrimination1 source

• Muslim female police officer abused online after award photo

  A hijab-wearing Muslim police officer was targeted with a tirade of racist and misogynistic abuse online after a photograph of her with a weapon was shared, following her receipt of an award for women in policing.

  Oct 21RacismReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Nazi symbols and white-supremacist code spray-painted on Blackpool synagogue

  Unidentified individuals spray-painted Nazi symbols, SS-style lightning bolts and the neo-Nazi code 1488 on an outside wall of a synagogue on Raikes Parade in Blackpool.

  Oct 20 · BlackpoolRacismReligious Discrimination1 source

• Jewish marchers excluded from Cable Street anniversary march in London

  Jewish community members who sought to join the official Battle of Cable Street 90th-anniversary march in London were dismissed as provocateurs and told they were unwelcome and that their safety could not be guaranteed, leading them to form a separate 'Cable Street Jews' contingent.

  Oct 4 · LondonReligious Discrimination1 source

September 2026

• Far-right leader slashes migrant dinghy in English Channel

  A far-right extremist leader boarded a dinghy carrying migrants and a French rescuer in the English Channel and slashed its hull with a knife.

  Sep 22Xenophobia1 source

• Islamic centre near Truro rammed and vandalised

  A vehicle was deliberately driven into the gates of the Cornwall Islamic Community Centre in Carnon Downs and an unknown substance, possibly oil, was poured on the grounds and exterior wall.

  Sep 17 · Carnon DownsRacism1 source

• Bangladeshi man assaulted outside Glasgow supermarket in racist attack

  A 27-year-old Bangladeshi man was punched in the nose and head by a stranger outside a Sainsbury's supermarket in Glasgow after he refused to give the man a cigarette.

  Sep 16 · GlasgowRacism1 source

• Reform UK backer Arron Banks complains of 'no white faces' at Heathrow

  Arron Banks, a key Reform UK backer and ally of Nigel Farage, posted on X that there was not 'one white face in security or airport services' at Heathrow, drawing condemnation as racist.

  Sep 11 · LondonRacism1 source

• Three Jewish teens assaulted on north London bus

  A man allegedly assaulted three 14-year-old Jewish boys on a bus near Sanders Lane in Mill Hill, north London, and directed hate speech at them.

  Sep 10 · Mill HillReligious Discrimination3 sources

• Anti-immigrant protesters block migrant arrivals at Portsmouth port

  Hundreds of masked anti-immigrant demonstrators faced off with police in Portsmouth and tried to block lifeboats bringing migrants ashore and buses carrying asylum seekers to a processing facility.

  Sep 6 · PortsmouthXenophobia6 sources

• RNLI volunteers harassed after rescuing migrants in the Channel

  After RNLI crews rescued migrants from a small boat that crossed the English Channel from France and landed in Portsmouth, around 200 masked protesters appeared to protest the migrants' arrival, and volunteers were labelled traitors and subjected to online and physical abuse.

  Sep 6 · PortsmouthXenophobia1 source

• Masked anti-immigrant demonstrators blockade roads at Dover port

  Hundreds of masked, black-clad demonstrators blocked roads and roundabouts near the Port of Dover, chanting 'stop the boats' and 'England 'til I die', halting traffic and intimidating local residents.

  Sep 5 · DoverXenophobia2 sources

• Woman activist assaulted at Reform UK conference

  A 25-year-old climate activist was pulled down by her hair, hoisted up, and had her shirt ripped by audience members and security at Reform UK's conference, leaving her with bruises and a headache.

  Sep 4 · LondonSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• TV host Andi Peters called 'high yella' by actress Miriam Margolyes on air

  During an interview on This Morning, actress Miriam Margolyes used the dated racial slur 'high yella' while questioning host Andi Peters about his skin color and racial background, asking whether he had 'a Black daddy and a white mummy.'

  Sep 3 · LondonRacism1 source

• Trump's GB News interview: racist rant against Sadiq Khan and immigrants

  In an interview with GB News' Bev Turner, US President Donald Trump attacked London Mayor Sadiq Khan, claiming 'a different culture' had entered London and that Khan remained in power through immigrant votes, and alleged 'no-go areas' and 'Sharia courts' in the city.

  Sep 3 · LondonRacism1 source

• Footballer racially abused on social media after Hull City transfer

  A 19-year-old striker was targeted with racist comments on social media shortly after his transfer to Hull City was announced.

  Sep 3 · HullRacism1 source

August 2026

• Reform UK's Zia Yusuf criticised over tweet about Somali-born Labour candidate

  Reform UK's Zia Yusuf posted a tweet questioning the loyalties of Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee born in Somalia tipped to stand for Labour in Holborn and St Pancras.

  Aug 30Racism2 sources

• Racist graffiti daubed on north Belfast house

  Racist graffiti reading 'n*****s out...locals only' was sprayed on the front of a terraced house in the Forthriver Road area of north Belfast, and the property's windows were also smashed.

  Aug 16 · BelfastRacism1 source

• Israeli TV crew assaulted in Belfast while filming antisemitism documentary

  A correspondent and cameraman for Israeli channel i24NEWS were harassed and attacked in a Belfast bar district while filming a documentary on rising antisemitism.

  Aug 16 · BelfastReligious Discrimination3 sources

• Delivery driver beaten, robbed and pelted with eggs in racist attack

  A 42-year-old delivery driver was assaulted by a gang of more than ten youths while delivering food in Rutherglen, Glasgow; they punched him, threw eggs, shouted at him to 'go home' and 'leave the country', and stole his delivery bag.

  Aug 11 · RutherglenRacism1 source

• Refugee assaulted by masked men at Strathclyde Country Park

  A 39-year-old Syrian refugee living in Glasgow was attacked by two masked men at Strathclyde Country Park, who struck him with stones and a motorbike and asked when he had arrived in the country.

  Aug 8 · Strathclyde Country ParkRacism1 source

• Crowd attacks houses of asylum seekers in Thetford

  During a third night of anti-immigration protests in Thetford, England, around 200 people threw eggs and stones at houses believed to house asylum seekers, shouting 'We want you out.'

  Aug 5 · ThetfordXenophobia1 source

July 2026

• Woman attacked on London Underground Bakerloo line train

  A man exposed himself to a woman travelling alone on a Bakerloo line train and dragged her to the floor, attempting to rape her, before she fought him off and fled at Lambeth North station.

  Jul 11 · LondonSexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

• Mosque replica and anti-immigrant signs placed on loyalist bonfire in Moygashel

  A replica of a mosque labelled 'Islamic fascism' and signs reading 'Secure our borders' and 'End the threat of radical Islam' were placed on a loyalist Eleventh Night bonfire in Moygashel, County Tyrone.

  Jul 9 · MoygashelRacismReligious DiscriminationXenophobia8 sources

• GB News guest links Pride and LGBTQ+ people to paedophilia on air

  On the GB News show Alex Armstrong Tonight, guest Caroline Farrow said Pride had become about celebrating 'bizarre and unhealthy kinks' and 'minor attracted people.

  Jul 5Queer Discrimination1 source

• Right-wing accounts attack UK Home Secretary over refugee plan

  Right-wing and nationalist accounts on X attacked Home Secretary Shabana Mahmoud over a new refugee route plan, targeting her Muslim faith and Pakistani origin and portraying refugees as a security threat.

  Jul 5Racism1 source

• Jewish marchers abused with antisemitic slurs at London Pride parade

  Jewish participants at the Pride in London parade were confronted by individuals shouting antisemitic abuse, including 'F*** you, Jew' and 'Go back to your Zionist homeland,' while carrying rainbow flags incorporating the Star of David.

  Jul 4 · LondonReligious Discrimination2 sources

June 2026

• Loyalist social media post threatens immigrants in Glengormley

  A loyalist social media account posted a message warning immigrants in an estate in Glengormley, Co Antrim, that homes would be freed up for 'local people' and that immigrants would not be made to feel welcome, including a racist slur.

  Jun 29 · GlengormleyRacism1 source

• Phone shop windows smashed in racially motivated attack on opening day

  The windows of a newly opened phone shop on Main Street in Coalisland were smashed hours after its first day of trading.

  Jun 29 · CoalislandRacism1 source

• Anti-Muslim banner placed at Co Tyrone children's playpark

  A banner depicting bearded men in headscarves with the message 'not welcome, not wanted, not here' was placed at a children's playpark in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, and removed by police as a hate crime.

  Jun 21 · MoygashelRacism1 source

• Five men injured in series of attacks in Edinburgh

  A man attacked several men in Edinburgh, injuring five, three of whom required hospital treatment.

  Jun 19 · EdinburghRacismReligious Discrimination4 sources

• Belfast phone shop looted during racist rioting

  A phone repair shop on the Shankill Road in Belfast was broken into and looted during race rioting, with the owner saying the business was almost wiped out.

  Jun 16 · BelfastRacism1 source

• Senedd member mocked Welsh students and said Indian nurses take Welsh jobs

  A Reform member of the Senedd gave speeches in the chamber mocking Welsh students as unable to read and saying Indian nurses were taking Welsh jobs, prompting walkouts by members of other parties.

  Jun 16 · CardiffRacism1 source

• Nazi flag displayed for sale at New Forest car boot sale

  A Nazi flag was photographed attached to the side of a van at a stall at the New Forest car boot sale at Strawberry Fields near Lymington.

  Jun 14 · LymingtonRacism1 source

• Imam's home firebombed in arson attack in Bolton

  A man wearing a helmet and dark clothing ran onto the driveway of an imam's home, lit an object and smashed a window in an arson attack.

  Jun 10 · BoltonReligious Discrimination1 source

• Mob attacks non-white men with racist abuse in Glasgow city centre

  During violent disorder in Glasgow city centre, gangs of men attacked non-white men and shouted racist abuse in St Enoch Square.

  Jun 9 · GlasgowRacism1 source

• Rioters attack migrant residents in Belfast

  Rioters in Belfast went on a violent rampage against residents with a migration background, kicking in doors, throwing stones through windows and setting fires, after footage circulated of a knife attack by a Sudanese man.

  Jun 9 · BelfastRacism1 source

• Roma family's home burned in east Belfast rioting

  During anti-immigrant rioting in Northern Ireland, a house on McMaster Street in east Belfast where a Romanian Roma family lived was burned to the ground.

  Jun 9 · BelfastRacismXenophobia2 sources

• Masked men burn families out of homes in Belfast anti-immigrant violence

  Masked men attacked police, burned vehicles and set fire to homes in Belfast, forcing families to flee, in violence targeting Black residents and immigrants.

  Jun 9 · BelfastRacismReligious DiscriminationXenophobia31 sources

• Indian entrepreneur's Belfast business gutted in racially motivated arson

  A former gospel hall on the Shankill Road in Belfast, due to be turned into an Indian supermarket, was set ablaze in a deliberate arson attack.

  Jun 6 · BelfastRacism2 sources

• Man shouts antisemitic slurs at Glasgow Friends of Israel volunteers

  A man shouted 'Jew!

  Jun 6 · GlasgowReligious Discrimination1 source

• Council cancels Pride flag ceremony in Havering

  Havering Council cancelled its Pride flag ceremony and refused to fly the rainbow flag at the town hall, following Reform UK instructions to fly only the Union flag or St George's Cross.

  Jun 5 · HaveringQueer Discrimination1 source

May 2026

• Racist graffiti and posters threaten NIHE staff and landlords in Rathcoole

  Racist and anti-immigrant graffiti and posters appeared at multiple locations in the Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey, threatening Housing Executive staff and landlords over the settlement of Muslims and foreign nationals.

  May 31 · NewtownabbeyRacism1 source

• Airport worker shouts 'Free Palestine' at Israeli arrivals at London Stansted

  A woman identifying herself as a Stansted Airport worker shouted 'Free Palestine' and insults at passengers arriving from Israel as they exited customs.

  May 25 · StanstedReligious Discrimination1 source

• Israeli man beaten in London after speaking Hebrew

  A 22-year-old Israeli man was chased, dragged across the street, and beaten by five masked men in Golders Green, London, after they heard him speaking Hebrew.

  May 18 · LondonReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Man filmed threatening to 'behead Jews' on east London street

  A man was filmed in an online video making threats to behead Jews and using slurs on Whitechapel Road in Tower Hamlets, east London.

  May 15 · LondonReligious Discrimination1 source

• Incendiary devices thrown into Muslim prayer room in Blackburn

  Masked men allegedly threw incendiary devices into a Muslim prayer room in Blackburn, an attack on a recognisably Islamic space.

  May 13 · BlackburnReligious Discrimination1 source

• Drag performer subjected to homophobic and transphobic slurs in Liverpool

  A drag performer was targeted with homophobic and transphobic slurs and confrontational comments by members of the public in Liverpool's Pride Quarter shortly after leaving a nightclub.

  May 9 · LiverpoolQueer Discrimination1 source

• Arson at former synagogue in London amid antisemitic attacks

  An intentional fire damaged the doors and lock of a former synagogue in Whitechapel, London.

  May 5 · LondonReligious Discrimination8 sources

• Pub quiz team wins with antisemitic name mocking Jewish people

  A quiz team calling itself 'Golders Green should be Golders Greed' entered and won a quiz at The Crown pub in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, and the name was accepted and read out.

  May 4 · Boston SpaReligious Discrimination1 source

April 2026

• Two Jewish men stabbed in London's Golders Green

  Two Jewish men were stabbed in an attack in London's Golders Green neighborhood, described as a deliberate act targeting them for being visibly Jewish.

  Apr 29 · LondonReligious Discrimination30 sources

• Reform UK member posts 'Welsh lad?' caption on video of Black campaigner

  A Reform UK member posted a video of a Black community organiser from Butetown in Cardiff with the caption 'Welsh lad?', a post political rivals called 'outright racism'.

  Apr 27 · CardiffRacism2 sources

• Jewish-owned shop in Hertfordshire set on fire and vandalized

  A Jewish-owned shop on a high street in Hertfordshire was set on fire and vandalized with graffiti, an attack police are treating as religiously aggravated.

  Apr 19 · EnglandReligious Discrimination2 sources

• Synagogue in Harrow firebombed in suspected antisemitic arson

  An arson attack caused minor smoke damage to an internal room at Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow, north-west London, with no injuries.

  Apr 18 · HarrowReligious Discrimination11 sources

• Arson attempt on Jewish charity premises in Hendon, north London

  A man attempted to set fire to a row of shops in Hendon, north London, including premises used by Jewish education charity Jewish Futures, by trying to ignite bottles of liquid.

  Apr 17 · HendonReligious Discrimination1 source

• Green candidate harassed with homophobic slurs at Birmingham mosque

  A Green party candidate leafleting at a mosque in Birmingham was accosted by campaigners who called the party the 'gay party' and said they wanted to turn children gay; one man threatened to beat him up.

  Apr 17 · BirminghamQueer Discrimination1 source

• Reform Scotland displays anti-migrant poster on vans at Glasgow press event

  At a press conference in Glasgow's east end, Reform UK Scotland figures posed in front of two vans displaying a poster showing non-white migrants on a boat with the text 'Scotland is at breaking point' and 'Glasgow has become the illegal migrant capital of the UK.'

  Apr 1 · GlasgowRacism2 sources

March 2026

• Racist post claiming black boys predisposed to rape published online

  A Facebook/website comment posted under a funeral director's name claimed that all black boys were predisposed to rape.

  Mar 27 · Praze-an-BeebleRacism1 source

• Al Jazeera journalists confronted, told to leave Golders Green

  A group of people, including an off-duty Met special constable, confronted an Al Jazeera news crew reporting in Golders Green, telling them to 'go home' and 'go back to Qatar' and calling them 'terrorist sympathisers' and 'donkey' and 'dog' in Arabic.

  Mar 23 · Golders GreenRacism1 source

• Jewish volunteer ambulance service vehicles set on fire in London

  Four ambulances of the Jewish volunteer organization Hatzola were set on fire in the Golders Green neighborhood of London.

  Mar 23 · LondonReligious Discrimination24 sources

• Actor Paapa Essiedu reports racist death threats over Harry Potter role

  The British actor Paapa Essiedu, cast as Severus Snape in the new Harry Potter series, said he received a series of death threats with racist overtones, including messages telling him to quit or be killed.

  Mar 22 · LondonRacism2 sources

• Musician attacked with wood and racially abused in Liverpool

  A man was struck with a piece of wood and called racial slurs by a group of men in the Wavertree area of Liverpool, leaving him with a head injury requiring hospital treatment.

  Mar 21 · LiverpoolRacism1 source

• John Cleese posts anti-Muslim remarks on X about British Muslims

  Comedian John Cleese posted a series of messages on X attacking Islam and British Muslims, including telling Muslims not to be 'so vocal about your intention to kill infidels' in response to London Mayor Sadiq Khan saying British Muslims are scared.

  Mar 20Religious Discrimination1 source

• Black mother's pizza order labelled 'KKK' at Domino's branch

  A Black woman's order at a Domino's in Selly Oak, Birmingham was given the reference 'KKK' on the order screen and pizza box, and staff laughed when she complained.

  Mar 19 · BirminghamRacism1 source

• Driver hits hijab-wearing Muslim woman with car in east London

  A driver struck a hijab-wearing Muslim woman with his car on Harrow Manorway Road in Abbey Wood, east London, after she got out of her parked vehicle, then fled the scene.

  Mar 8 · LondonReligious Discrimination1 source

February 2026

• Gail's bakery in Archway vandalised with antisemitic graffiti

  A Gail's bakery in Archway, London, was vandalised overnight with windows smashed and graffiti including 'reject corporate Zionism'.

  Feb 24 · ArchwayReligious Discrimination1 source

• Racial slur uttered at BAFTA ceremony aimed at Black actors

  During the BAFTA awards ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall, an activist with Tourette syndrome uttered a racial slur while actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage presenting an award.

  Feb 22 · LondonRacism6 sources

• Antisemitic sticker posted on lamppost in Finchley, London

  A sticker reading 'You love me because I kill Jews for you' was posted on a lamppost in Cavendish Avenue, Finchley, a predominantly Jewish area of London.

  Feb 20 · LondonReligious Discrimination1 source

• Far-right group holds anti-migrant demo in Warwick

  A far-right group called Patriotic Alternative gathered outside Shire Hall in Warwick, where speakers called for the forced deportation of non-whites and some attendees gave Nazi salutes, as a larger counter-protest gathered nearby.

  Feb 7 · WarwickRacism1 source

January 2026

• Home of two Indian men attacked in racially motivated hate crime

  Two windows and the door of a home in Broughshane, Co Antrim, were smashed in an attack police are treating as a racially motivated hate crime.

  Jan 28 · BroughshaneRacism1 source

• Commentator posts slur targeting gay Jewish Green Party leader

  Far-right commentator Katie Hopkins posted an image on X captioned 'The U.K. Has a Gay Jew Leading Muslims to vote Green,' aimed at Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is gay and Jewish.

  Jan 27Queer Discrimination1 source

• DJ at London bar demanded Jewish clubbers say 'Free Palestine'

  A DJ at the Munster Tavern in Leicester Square repeatedly stopped a song and told a group of Jewish and Israeli clubbers he would only play it if one of them said 'Free Palestine' on stage.

  Jan 18 · LondonReligious Discrimination1 source

• Far-right protest at Fife barracks targets asylum seekers

  Around a dozen far-right protesters gathered at military barracks in Leuchars, Fife, where a speaker claimed asylum seekers were 'sleeper cells' who came to 'rape and murder' and offered 'nothing to Scotland'.

  Jan 10 · LeucharsRacismXenophobia1 source

• Anti-migrant vigilantes threaten delivery driver in east Belfast

  A delivery driver in east Belfast was surrounded and verbally abused by anti-migrant vigilantes who told him he was 'milking this country dry' and threatened to knock him out.

  Jan 6 · BelfastRacismXenophobia1 source

• Footballer Joe Willock receives racist abuse and threats on Instagram

  After a match at St James' Park, footballer Joe Willock received a series of Instagram direct messages containing racist insults and threats of violence against him and his family from an anonymous account.

  Jan 4 · NewcastleRacism2 sources

December 2025

• Woman targeted with AI-generated nude images on X after raising alarm

  A woman in Britain was targeted by X users who instructed the AI chatbot Grok to generate a sexualized image of her wrapped in foil, after she posted about the platform's failure to prevent such abuse.

  Dec 31Sexism / Gender-Based Violence1 source

Elsewhere in Europe

• Belgium 10
• Bulgaria 10
• France 41
• Germany 32
• Greece 19
• Ireland 13
• Italy 68
• Netherlands 12
• North Macedonia 27
• Poland 12
• Spain 117